Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Garzon is a joke
Pinochet wasn't laughing when Garzon held him in Spain on war crime charges.
and has no jurisdiction over these people and what they did. The very idea of him going after these people is a joke.
The Spanish attorney general has himself recommended that the charges against these six be dropped. And the government looks to be taking steps to change the laws so that judges like Garzon can't launch their own personal crusades.
You are ignorant about
Universal Jurisdiction.
As typical, you beg the question with a lie, calling this a 'personal crusade' by Garzon. Apparently, the DA had a personal crusade against OJ Simpson, too.
Why don't you point me to one instance where Universal jurisdiction has wrongly convicted foreign leaders for war crimes?
How about its use by Israel to convict Eichmann in 1961? How about the pending case against China under investigation for genocide in Tibet?
Of course, China has made comments similar to yours; it's not surprising that you are on their side, against the side of justice and human rights.